In True West, Rock Island Auction advertised a “Rare, Historical Presentation Colt Single Action Army Buntline Revolver with Factory Inscription to Walter Earp and factory letter.” I thought the Buntline Special was a legend. What’s the story here? Ralph P. Voogd Parkersburg, Iowa This is not Walter Earp, Wyatt’s grandfather, nor is it Walter Earp, Wyatt’s uncle. This Walter was a descendant of Wyatt’s older half-brother Newton. In 1957, Colt made a second generation Bunt


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